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P. PEARSON
1948
54
Caught by M. Koford
mouth of Malpaso Creek, 5 mi. S. of Carmel, Monterey Co. Calif.
Dec 11, 1948.
1406 ♀ Corynopterus rafinesquii
9.3 g.
mipple tiny. Uteri not swollen but vascular. One hemorrhagic
spot in RT-ovary. B.V. not thick-walled (no white sheathing
markly under dissecting scope). No sperm apparent. Some
fat but not as much as 0 seen but a month ago. Dissections: [3] median
[illegible] follicles in one ovary (at least 1 atretic) and 2 (atretic) in other. 5's good stain.
Many sperm in vagina + uterus. No thick-walled arteries found.
1407 ♀ Corynopterus rafinesquii
10 g.
Banded 46-26780 - dissecting when banded July 21, 1947. also
cought July 23, 1947, same place. Mipple small. No sperm apparent.
[light] Some fat but not much. Uteri not swollen, but vascular.
artery conspicuously white-sheathed. Pink follicle in RT-ovary. Caught
trapped in house with 1406-1409. Mothers: small and follicles in
sperm in uterine. Mucus locally abundant in uterus - vagina [crossed out]
[illegible] crossed out.
1408 ♂ Corynopterus rafinesquii
10.0 g.
Testes 6 mm., epididymis even larger. Seminiferous tubules just visible
under dissecting scope. No fat. RT lobe of liver very large and
swollen, looks pathological, spermatozoa: Lumen open, many large
[illegible] Numerous interstitial cells but don't look secreting.
Sperm in epididymis. Tubules with many [illegible] and a few
smaller.
1409 ♀ Corynopterus rafinesquii
9.3g.
mipple tiny. Considerable fat. Uteri rather small, not vascular,
large artery not readily visible, but no sheathing seen. No large follicles
seen under dissecting scope. Many sperm in vaginal areas.
Dissections: a few sperm in uterus. One median follicle in one ovary.